INGERSOLL-RAND CO. v. CIAVATTA


216 N.J. Super. 667 (1987)

524 A.2d 866

INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, AND INGERSOLL-RAND RESEARCH, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ARMAND CIAVATTA, A RESIDENT OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Walsh and Stuart M. Feinblatt argued the cause for appellant (Sills, Beck, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin, Tischman & Epstein, Attorneys; Charles J. Walsh of counsel and on the brief; Stuart M. Feinblatt, on the brief).

Mark Anderson and James M. Rhodes, Jr., pro hac vice, of the New York Bar argued the cause for respondents (Woolson, Guterl, Sutphen, & Anderson, Attorneys; Mark Anderson, on the brief; Mr. Rhodes, of counsel).

Before Judges DREIER, SHEBELL and STERN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, J.A.D.

Defendant, Armand Ciavatta, has appealed from a Chancery Division judgment enforcing a contractual obligation contained in an "Agreement Relating to Proprietary Matter" he signed while an employee of plaintiffs, Ingersoll-Rand Company and Ingersoll-Rand Research, Inc. (hereafter collectively called "plaintiff" or "Ingersoll-Rand"). The trial judge in a comprehensive opinion reported at 210...

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